How government red tape is keeping food benefits from hungry Marylanders

After Middle River resident Lydia Moore lost her job at a Baltimore County medical cannabis company in March 2021, she joined the droves of Marylanders in need of food assistance during the pandemic. The state’s prompt and easy delivery of those monthly benefits, “was a huge help,” Moore said of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. “I was comfortable, and I was not worried about food,” the 25-year-old recalled.